English Literature

Contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK, Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland's most important living writers. Included are biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prize information and photographs. Profiles are searchable by author, genre, nationality, publisher and book title.

Provides about 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

The Encyclopedia provides comprehensive coverage of literature from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zangwill, covering the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin).

Provides biographical details, critical work, reviews, and primary sources of tens of thousands of modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters from around the world. authors/publishers.